-The Telegraph * The National Education Policy (NEP) has recommended the revision of the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) for the betterment of education in India * The survey involves a participant answering 10 MCQs on various issues On July 3, the Ministry of Education launched an online public poll to solicit comments from stakeholders in order to broaden the scope of discussions on the development of the National Curriculum Framework (NCF), upon which...
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Our employment data should be interpreted cautiously -Himanshu
-Livemint.com This is the fourth report in the PLFS data series and offers information on both employment and unemployment for rural as well as urban areas. Earlier this week, India’s ministry of statistics and programme implementation released the annual report of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for the reference period July 2020 to June 2021. This is the fourth report in the PLFS data series and offers information on both employment...
More »Most people do not use masks or wear them improperly, says survey
-The Telegraph Local Circles found only 4 per cent of the around 12,900 respondents from 346 districts reporting that most people in their areas took most basic precaution Ninety-six per cent of sampled respondents have told a nationwide Online Survey that “most people” in their localities do not use face masks or wear them improperly — despite calls for caution by health authorities and an upsurge in Covid-19 infections. The survey by a...
More »Study Finds Severe Malnutrition Spiked in Half of India in 5 Years -Priyanka Ishwari
-Newsclick.in Acute malnutrition in preschool children increased in 341 out of 707 districts across 36 states and UTs between 2016 and 2021. An analysis of district-level data published in a reputed health journal shows a worrying rise in severe wasting in almost half of Indian districts even as the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5 showed only an overall marginal increase in levels of severe acute malnutrition among children in the country. According to...
More »Dalberg study indicates that ONORC can be improved further
A recently released study, which has been done by Dalberg in collaboration with Kantar, and with support from the Omidyar Network India, brings to light both the supply and demand-side perspectives on the 'One Nation One Ration Card' (ONORC) scheme. Titled 'Fulfilling the promise of One Nation One Ration Card: A frontline perspective from 5 Indian states', the survey for the study was conducted in five states i.e., Andhra Pradesh,...
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